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US-SSH: Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory

Tower_team:
PI: Kenneth J. Davis kjd10@psu.edu - Department of Meteorology, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, the Pennsylvania University
FluxContact: Yuning Shi yshi@psu.edu - Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
FluxContact: Yuting He Smeglin heyuting.iap@gmail.com - Penn State University
DataManager: Brandon Forsythe brf11@psu.edu - Penn State University, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Lat, Long: 40.6658, -77.9041
Elevation(m): 310
Network Affiliations: AmeriFlux, Phenocam
Vegetation IGBP: DBF (Deciduous Broadleaf Forests: Lands dominated by woody vegetation with a percent cover >60% and height exceeding 2 meters. Consists of broadleaf tree communities with an annual cycle of leaf-on and leaf-off periods.)
Climate Koeppen: Dfb (Warm Summer Continental: significant precipitation in all seasons )
Mean Annual Temp (°C): 9.5
Mean Annual Precip. (mm): 1050
Flux Species Measured: CO2, H, H2O, Other
Years Data Collected: 2009 - Present
Years Data Available:

AmeriFlux BASE 2016 - 2021   Data Citation

AmeriFlux FLUXNET 2016 - 2021   Data Citation
Data Use Policy:AmeriFlux CC-BY-4.0 Policy1
Description:
The Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory is comprised of one first-order catchment in the Susquehanna River basin. This catchment, known as ...
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URL: http://www.czo.psu.edu/data_surfflux.html
Research Topics: Understanding of pathways and fluxes of water and carbon in the watershed
Acknowledgment: Logistical support and/or data were provided by the NSF-supported Shale Hills Susquehanna Critical Zone Observatory. Financial Support was provided by National Science Foundation Grant EAR – 0725019 (C. Duffy), EAR – 1239285 (S. Brantley), and EAR – 1331726 (S. Brantley) for the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory.  Logistical support and/or data were provided by the NSF-supported Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory.  Additional financial support was provided by The Pennsylvania State University’s Colleges of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Agricultural Sciences and Engineering, and the Institutes of Energy and the Environment. This research was conducted in Penn State's Stone Valley Forest, which is funded by the Penn State College of Agriculture Sciences, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management and managed by the staff of the Forestlands Management Office.
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Image Credit: Brandon Forsythe, 11/12/2020
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